From residencies to readings, exhibitions to activism, concerts to Q&A sessions, the VCFA calendar has events to keep you entertained and inspired.
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The MFA in Music Composition program will hold its first hybrid residency August 1-8. The week will be chock full with events featuring music written by VCFA students and performed by world-class musicians. These events will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel.
On Monday, August 2, at 8 pm ET the MFA in Music Composition program will present an evening of electronic sound and multimedia as part of its summer residency. VCFA students and faculty will perform new work for instruments with live electronic sound and video. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition […]
On Tuesday, August 3, at 8 pm ET The City of Tomorrow wind quintet will perform music written by VCFA students as part of the MFA in Music Composition program's summer residency. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel. The City of Tomorrow (wind quintet) Elise Blatchford, flute Rane Moore, clarinets […]
On Wednesday, August 4, at 4 pm ET the MFA in Music Composition program will present a composer-performer-improviser showcase as part of its summer residency. This event features work by composer-improvisers whose defining elements reside in performance by improvising musicians and that highlight the composer as improviser. These pieces, though performable by anyone, are illuminated […]
On Wednesday, August 4, at 8 pm ET The City of Tomorrow wind quintet and Duo Cortona will perform music written by VCFA students as part of the MFA in Music Composition program’s summer residency. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel. The City of Tomorrow (wind quintet) Elise Blatchford, flute […]
On Thursday, August 5, at 8 pm ET Duo Cortona and Anna's Ghost will perform music written by VCFA students as part of the MFA in Music Composition program’s summer residency. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel. Duo Cortona Rachel Calloway, mezzo soprano Ari Streisfield, violin Anna's Ghost Anna […]
On Friday, August 6, at 1:30 pm ET Anna's Ghost and Invoke string quartet will perform music written by VCFA students as part of the MFA in Music Composition program’s summer residency. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel. Anna's Ghost Anna Webber, saxophone Freddie Bryant, guitar Gregg August, bass […]
On Friday, August 6, at 8 pm ET the MFA in Music Composition program will present a songwriting showcase as part of its summer residency. The Songwriting Showcase highlights the diverse songwriting and performing talents of the students, alumnx, and faculty of the program. The event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube […]
On Saturday, August 7, at 1:30 pm ET Invoke string quartet will perform music written by VCFA students as part of the MFA in Music Composition program’s summer residency. This event will be livestreamed on the VCFA Music Composition YouTube channel. Invoke Nick Montopoli, violin & banjo Zachariah Matteson, violin Karl Mitze, viola & mandolin […]
The VCFA MFA in Visual Art program continues its Alumnx Artist-Talk Series—conversations with alumnx about their work and centered on a specific theme, idea, or element of artistic practice. For our summer event on Friday, August 13, alumnx panelists Renée Bouchard (’21), Michelle Hagewood (’09), and Zach Stephens (’18) discuss the artist as parent, on […]